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Arkenberg, Rebecca – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2007
In this article, the author provides a brief history of Hmong and traces the origin of Hmong story cloths. The Hmong, a nomadic and agrarian people, may date back 5000 years. Today they live in China, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos, where during the Vietnam War and its aftermath, many Hmong were killed or persecuted for siding with the American…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, War, Hmong People, Asian History
Walker, Wendy – 1989
Characteristics of the Hmong refugees to the United States are described, with emphasis on educational problems. Historians agree that the Hmong lived in China until about 1810 when they began to migrate to Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The evacuation of U.S. troops from Saigon in 1975 marked the beginning to the first wave of Southeast Asian…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Asian History, Children